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* [PATCH urgent 0/2] x86: vm86 fix and test
@ 2015-10-31  5:42 Andy Lutomirski
  2015-10-31  5:42 ` [PATCH urgent 1/2] selftests/x86: Add a fork() to entry_from_vm86 to catch fork bugs Andy Lutomirski
  2015-10-31  5:42 ` [PATCH urgent 2/2] x86/vm86: Set thread.vm86 to NULL on fork/clone Andy Lutomirski
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andy Lutomirski @ 2015-10-31  5:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: x86, linux-kernel
  Cc: Brian Gerst, Linus Torvalds, Borislav Petkov, Stas Sergeev,
	Andy Lutomirski

Calling vm86 and then forking will corrupt things.  Fix it.

This is for x86/urgent.  It fixes a 4.3 regression.

Andy Lutomirski (2):
  selftests/x86: Add a fork() to entry_from_vm86 to catch fork bugs
  x86/vm86: Set thread.vm86 to NULL on fork/clone

 arch/x86/kernel/process.c                     | 3 +++
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/entry_from_vm86.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

-- 
2.4.3


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